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The paper found that a second relative, believed to be the long-lost “Uncle Omar” from the book, had been assaulted by armed robbers while working in a corner shop, also in Boston.

He was later evicted from his one-bedroom flat for failing to pay $2,324.20 (£1,488) arrears, according to the Boston Housing Court.

In his book Mr Obama writes that “Uncle Omar” had gone missing after moving to Boston in the 1960s.

Aunt Zeituni and Uncle Omar are the children of Mr Obama’s grandfather Hussein Onyango Obama, by his third wife – the woman Mr Obama calls “Granny” because she raised his father.

Mr Obama’s father, Barack Sr, was Onyango Obama’s son by his second wife, Akumu. That makes Zeituni and Omar a half-sister and half-brother of Mr Obama’s father, or Mr Obama’s half-aunt and half-uncle.